25 VIP Jury Members in 2023

​The Jury is composed of VIP metaverse-ecosystem leaders and innovators:  corporations with strategic focus on the metaverse; Venture capital and CVC investors in metaverse companies; global brands from sectors such as Sports, Fashion, FMCG; etc.
​Hailing from western Europe, central-eastern Europe, Scandinavia, UK, US, and Japan, our Jury members are immersed in the ecosystem of the emerging Metaverse.

​Jury Voting

The Jury will meet at the Jury Dinner Meeting (18 October, 2023 from 18:30 - 20:30) one night before the Awards Gala, to review all final nominations, then vote confidentially for one winner in each of the 19 categories.  Additional voting takes place on 18-19 October via the Popular Vote (Brella platform).

At the 19th October Awards Gala in the evening, the envelopes will be opened and winners will be announced on-stage.

Michael Wallstein
DIRECTOR OF METAVERSE DEVELOPMENT
Stroer Precision X
​Potsdam
Jan-Oliver Sell
Head of Operations, Germany
Coinbase
Berlin
Matthias Nawrocki
Head of Metaverse
ERGO Group AG
Düsseldorf
Greta Pudan
REGIONAL META LEAD
httpool
Tallinn
Philipp Sostmann
Metaverse & XR, Strategic Partnerships & Solutions
PWC
Munich
Marcin Hejka
CO-FOUNDER & GP
OTB Ventures
Warsaw
Oliver Autumn
FOUNDER

VR Business Club
Berlin
Urs Konstantin Rouette
FOUNDER
MetaHeads & 3D Fashion Network
Rosenheim
Frank Bao
MANAGING PARTNER
Metachain Studio
London
Bjorn Schneider
CEO
construktiv group
Berlin
Hideki Ninomiya
CEO & ADVISOR, METAVERSE PROJECTS
Orient Co. 
Tokyo
Elmar Arunov
RESEARCH MANAGER WEB3 & METAVERSE PROJECTS
Oliver Lange
Head of H&Mbeyond
H&M
Berlin
Patrizio Carlucci
Head of Innovation Lab
ECCO Shoes
Amsterdam
Andrew Samu
MANAGING PARTNER
Disruption Banking
London
Ryan McCumber
SportsTech.ai
New York
Fernanda Parente
Project Lead
GoetheVRsum
Goethe-Institut e.V.
Berlin
Sönke Kirchhof
Founder & CEO
INVR.space
Berlin
Thanh Dao
Managing Director

Jung von Matt NERD

Hamburg
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Anna Graf
Innovation Lead Web3

Bertelsmann
Hamburg
Dexter Simms
Founder
Black Tech Day

London
Ramona Swhajor
Senior Manager Team Lead: Innovation & Research
GS1 Germany

Cologne
Michael Wallstein
Director of Metaverse Development
Stroer Precision X
Potsdam
Marcin Hejka
Co-founder & GP
OTB Ventures
Warsaw
Hideki Ninomiya
CEO & Advisor, metaverse projects
Orient Co. 
Tokyo
Grant Blaisdell
Co-Founder
Coinfirm and CopernicSpace
Warsaw
Rach Davison
Metaverse Brand Strategist
NFT Agents
Edinburgh
Lucas Herzbrun
Co-Founder
Homeety
Paris
Steve Suarez
Global Head of Innovation, Global Functions
HSBC
London
Andrew Grant Super
Managing DirEctor
Superyacht Experiential Adventure, Berkeley Rand
London
Gustavo Salami
Founder
Metaverse Academy
Zurich
Hamidreza Hosseini
Founder & CEO
EcoDynamics; DEIX
Düsseldorf
Urs Konstantin Rouette
Founder
MetaHeads & 3D Fashion Network
Rosenheim
Tal Sharon
President
Israeli FinTech Association
Tel Aviv
Michelle Taycher Nishry
Qualcomm Ventures
Israel
Robert Dyhringer
Project Lead "Augmented Reality Group Collaboration Tool"
Mercedes Benz AG
Stuttgart
Layla White
CEO & Founder
Tech Passport
London
Andrew Samu
Managing PArtner
Disruption Banking
London
Eric Eddy
Founder
Metaverse Public Relations
Miami
Oliver Autumn
Founder
Foundation Metaverse Europe
Berlin
Delz Erinle
Metaverse Venture & Protocol Designer
Astra Metaverse
London
Frank Bao
Managing Partner
Metachain Studio
London
Masayuki Ota
Investment Director
Nordic Ninja
Tokyo
Zack Sabban
CEO
RLTY
​Paris
Andrus Oks
Founding Partner
Tera Ventures
Tallinn
Pawel Lopatka
Metaverse & TEchnology Advisor
ProProgressio
Wroclaw
David-Henri Bismuth
​
Director, Metaverse
PWC France
Paris
Nina Jane Patel
​
Co-Founder & VP of Metaverse Research
Kabuni
London
Elmar Arunov
​
Research Manager Web3 & Metaverse Projects
Deutsche Telekom
Berlin
Greta Pudan
​
Regional Meta Lead
httpool
Tallinn
Bjorn Schneider
​
CEO
construktiv group
Bremen
Jan-Oliver Sell
​
head of Operations, Germany
Coinbase
Berlin